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HARVARD vs. PRINCETON. (Second Game.)ON Saturday morning the Senior class had a gymnastic contest in their fine gymnasium; many ladies were present, who evinced a great interest in the various exercises. The exhibition was remarkably fine, and there can be no doubt but that Princeton carries off the palm from other American colleges in gymnastic feats. Game was called at 2 P. M. with Princeton at the bat; the same high wind prevailed as the day before, and greatly affected the batting. Both sides drew blanks for two innings although Wright made a three-base hit over left field...
...Yard is so numbered as to enable the visitor to make its circuit with the book in hand, without being confused by the mystical directions that are found usually in guide-books. A better selection of college interiors than in the last edition is noticeable in the present volume...
...Such a course will give an uncalled-for publicity to the names, and the fact that it will gratify the curiosity of a few is no reason for adopting it. The matter is a delicate one, and suggests the need of rewards for scholarship itself, in addition to the present general provision for pecuniary aid. If the Faculty persist in the course upon which they have determined, we may expect to find the names of those who hold "scholarships" in the next Harvard Index...
...were in the advanced section during their Freshman year, are cut off from taking this elective, for the simple reason that they have already read the play. The suggestion has been made, and it is not a bad one, that some other play of Aristophanes, which none of the present Sophomore class have ever read, be substituted for the "Birds." It has always seemed to us a cause of regret that so little of Aristophanes was read in the Greek electives. Greek 9 used to embrace all the Aristophanes that appeared in the elective pamphlet, with the exception...
...cannot refrain from commenting on the conduct of an Examiner, who was present at a recitation in English 2 one morning this week. At the close of the recitation this gentleman expressed to the class his dissatisfaction with the way the elective was conducted, advocating reading with expression, and going over less work in the course of the year. The instructor, in defending himself, said that his idea was to go over as much ground in the course as possible, and not to attempt fine elocution and expression in reading. A discussion followed before the division, in which the Examiner...